CareFlight

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CareFlight

IATA ICAO Callsign CFH CareFight
Founded	May 1986; 35 years ago (1986-05)
Commenced operations	July 1986 (1986-07)
Hubs	Darwin International Airport
Fleet size	12[1]
Headquarters	Sydney, New South Wales
Key people	Andrew Refshauge

CareFlight is an aeromedical for profit organisation established in May 1986^[2][1] by a group of Australian doctors. CareFlight uses a variety of aircraft including aeromedical helicopters, jets and aeroplanes to bring injured and ill patients within Australia and overseas to emergency hospital care. In 2019, around 7,900 patients were treated by CareFlight.^[3]

Description[]

A CareFlight AW109 helicopter on take-off from Sydney Olympic Park

Former politician Dr. Andrew Refshauge has been the Chairman of CareFlight, since December 2007.^[4]

CareFlight International Air Ambulance is an aero-medical retrieval and repatriation service which attends missions anywhere in the world. This operation was established in 1990, attending to around 300 missions per year. The revenue generated by CareFlight international Air Ambulance missions goes directly to supporting its charitable operations.

An AW139 is operated out of Darwin in the Northern Territory as an aeromedical helicopter under contract from Careflight.

People

See also[]

• LifeFlight
• Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia
• Westpac Life Saver Rescue Helicopter Service
• Angel Flight
• Aspen Medical
• 2009 Pel-Air Westwind ditching

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